[asterisk-users] Asterisk VoIP in Dubai/UAE?

[Alex Balashov]

Gavin Henry wrote:
> 2008/5/29 Faraz R. Khan <faraz.khan at emergen.biz>:
>> It is banned AND illegal. However the shaikh recently intervened to
>> allow VOIP connections WITHIN UAE. If you bypass Etisalat's money for
>> outbound international calls (I think UAE is MOST expensive in the
>> region) they can take away your building permit (from the owner of the
>> building in which your office is housed).
>>
>> This is as far as I know. Things may have changed. Idiotic governments
>> do eventually learn.
>>
> 
> Our client informs us it's not allowed over the public network but is
> ok over a VPN.

And from any sort of policymaking perspective, what is the difference 
between the public network and a VPN built over that public network, 
save an additional layer of encapsulation / "different format for the 
VoIP data"?

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